All Centre Co PA Confers in 1890 U.S. Census
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The CONFER Family
This column is part of a feature series which focuses on a different Centre County family each week. Five new columns will be released each month unless some technical difficulty enters the picture.
This column's focus is on CONFER. An effort has been made to identify all persons carrying that name in the 1890 U.S. Census, using the Centre County business directory which was formed from a preliminary review of that census before the larger set of 1890 U.S. Census records was destroyed by fire. (Sadly, the postal directory does not typically provide the ages of females, but it's the best record we've got).
Three books in the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte apparently deal with the Confer family. They are: Dorothy Dorman's History of George W. and Sarah J. Nyman Confer Family, Milesburg, Pa., Doris Hagen's Our Family Tree: the Family of Benjamin F. Confer and Nancy M. (Nannie) Watkins, and Patricia Spencer's The Families: Hawkins, Mills, Confer and Gillett, with Related Lines.
There are 11 different first-name entries for Confer in John Blair Linn's History of Centre and Clinton County (1883). In addition, there are many references to the name in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898).
And, now, your ancestors' CONFER neighbors in 1890:
In BELLEFONTE Borough:
John, 44, teamster--221 South Spring
Sarah
James 10
John Jr. 8
Lucy
Minnie--West Linn
In BOGGS Township:
Ezekial, 51, farmer--Roland
Charity A.
Ira P. 25
James T. 23
James A. 19
Jesse P. 17
Emma L.
Irvin M.
Nancy E,
Edward N. 8
Jerome A., 49, farmer--Milesburg
Margaret E,
Edward 19
Nelson A. 18
Ethel E.
Gertrude
Fannie
Philip, 56, farmer--Milesburg
Emeline
Christopher 25
Solomon 17
Richard S., 21, laborer--Milesburg
Laura
Arthur 3 mos.
William, 39, farmer--Milesburg
Laura H.
William D. 8
Maud W.
Mary P.
Clarence 2
William H., 28, laborer--Milesburg
Mary L.
Elsie
Jennie
In CURTIN Township:
John F., 57, farmer--Romola
In GREGG Township:
Alice R.--Spring Mills
Benjamin, 39, laborer--Spring Mills
Mary A.
William 14
John N.
Sarah
Annie
Chestie
Philip 2
Cyrus B., 9--Farmers Mills
Jared, 35, laborer--Spring Mills
Henrietta
Maggie
Kate
Elsie
John W., 31, farmer--Penn Hall
Martha E.
Charles W. 6
Peter S., 60, farmer--Spring Mills
Susanna
Howard 31
Ezra 19
Elmer 15
Rosetta
Sarah J.
In HAINES Township:
Absalom, 67, laborer--Millheim
Malinda
Emanuel C., 27, laborer--Poe Mills
Sarah
Fred N. 2
Perry F., 54, farmer--Aaronsburg
Mary
John A. 6
Blanche E.
In HALF-MOON Township:
Franklin P., 38, farmer--Stormstown
Mary
Lloyd 15
Toner 13
Charles E. 7
In HOWARD Borough:
Wm. E., 32, merchant
Carrie J.
Ada L.
Myrtle K.
Minnie B.
Florence V.
In HOWARD Township:
Henry, 33--Howard
Mary
Delford 12
Charles 11
Robert 9
Maudie
Bessie V.
Alfred 4
Anna
Jacob O., 26, laborer--Mt. Eagle
William L. 26
Bella
Mary E.
John W., 45, farmer--Howard
Elizabeth A.
Harry A. 10
Michael, 40, farmer--Howard
Mary E.
William 17 mos.
Michael, 60, farmer--Howard
Rebecca J.
Frances
Bertha
Charles E. 13
Nancy C.--Howard
Robert, 30, farmer--Howard
Cynthia A.
William L. 2
Michael E. 3 mos.
William F., 43, farmer--Howard
Mary E.
Clayton 12
Benson 10
Cynthia O.
Sallie I.
Clyde V. 2
In LIBERTY Township:
Danie D., 36, farmer--Blanchard
Matilda M.
Harry L. 5
Howard C. 4
Lee R. 2
David F., 63, farmer--Blanchard
Prudence
Ida B.
Sylvester P. 20
Taylor J. 18
Alice R.
Andrew D.
David R., 31, farmer--Blanchard
Margaret A.
Anna B.
Jacob H. 5
Alvy J. 3
Mollie
Jacob, 73, retired--Blanchard
Mollie
In MILES Township:
Peter, 60--Rebersburg
Hannah
In MILESBURG Borough:
John A., 29, clerk
Eva E.
Mary J.
Sarah E.
Solomon 5
Clark 3
Maria M.
Solomon, 59, undertaker
In PHILIPSBURG Borough:
Emma--Front St.
In POTTER Township:
Frances--Tusseyville
John, 31, laborer--Centre Hall
Mary--Centre Hall
Mary E.--Tusseyville
Michael, 62, farmer--Potters Mills
Mary A.
David 31
James R. 16
Henry
Elizabeth F.
Samuel, 16--Centre Hall
Samuel, 38, laborer--Potters Mills
Elizabeth
Louisa
James D. 3
In SNOW SHOE Township:
John G., 45, laborer--Peal
` Sophia D.
Maud M.
Wilbur R. 7
Bertha C.
Virgia L.
In SPRING Township:
George, 28, laborer--Bellefonte
Annie L.
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